Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave was named Best Film at the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards today, one of four awards it collected that also included wins for editing and adapted screenplay.
The film, which led the BAFTA nominations with 12, also won outstanding British Film, making it the first film to win that and the top film award since Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech from 2010.
The Brutalist also scored four wins, including one for Brady Corbet’s directing, who also won the Golden Globe, and for Adrien Brody’s lead performance. Brody now has BAFTA, Critics Choice and the Globe entering SAG next week and with two days of Oscar voting left.
This last week, Sean Baker’s Anora showed major guild domination, winning the DGA, PGA and WGA and came out of BAFTA with wins for its casting and leading lady star Mikey Madison. Despite being the season’s overwhelming critics leader across multiple U.S. regions, Madison had up to now lost lead actress bids to Demi Moore (The Substance) at both Critics Choice and the Golden Globes and now sets up what should be a very close pair of races next with with the Spirit Awards and Screen Actors Guild.
The festivities were hosted once again by actor David Tennant, who took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump in his opening monologue. “Donald Trump, he says he hasn’t seen ‘The Apprentice’ because it’s a 15.” referring to the U.K. film rating. It’s not on Nickelodeon. Donald Trump … I’m worried. I’ve said his name three times. It’s like Beetlejuice — I’ve summoned him. And talking of villains…” he continued.
Dune: Part Two and Wicked both picked up two technical wins apiece in the categories they were expected to win, sound and visual effects for the former and costume and production design for the latter. A Real Pain was a surprise winner in original screenplay but a predictable one for supporting actor Kieran Culkin, who was in rehearsals for a play in New York and not present to accept his award.
Emilia Pérez picked up two wins, for Zoe Saldaña in supporting actress and for film not in the English language. Nominee and titular star Karla Sofía Gascón was not present in light of the the resurfacing of offensive tweets but director Jacques Audiard, who had previously distanced himself from her and the controversy, did an about face in his acceptance speech, including her in the film’s praise.
“Above all, I would like to thank all the wonderful artists who brought this film to life and who are here with us tonight. My dear Zoe, my dear Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Juliet, Camille, Clement, Julia and your team, but also you, my dear Karla Sofia, that I kiss. I’m deeply proud of what we achieved together. Long live ‘Emilia Pérez’!”
The Substance managed just a single win, for its makeup. A pair of heavily-nominated film, A Complete Unknown and Nosferatu, both went home empty-handed.
The Belfast-based rap trio quasi-biopic Kneecap won outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer for director Rich Peppiatt, who made BAFTA history by tying the record for nominations for a debut filmmaker.
BAFTA comprises more than 8,000 film voters across more than 50 countries. Here is the complete list of winners.
BEST FILM
ANORA Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST Brady Corbet, D.J. Gugenheim, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, Nick Gordon
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
CONCLAVE Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman – WINNER
EMILIA PÉREZ Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BIRD Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
BLITZ Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
CONCLAVE Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan – WINNER
GLADIATOR II Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
HARD TRUTHS Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
LEE Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
LOVE LIES BLEEDING Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
THE OUTRUN Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
HOARD Luna Carmoon (Director, Writer)
KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer) – WINNER
MONKEY MAN Dev Patel (Director)
SANTOSH Sandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer) [also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]
SISTER MIDNIGHT Karan Kandhari (Director, Writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard, TBD – WINNER
I’M STILL HERE (AINDA ESTOU AQUI) Walter Salles, TBD
KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei
DOCUMENTARY
BLACK BOX DIARIES Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
DAUGHTERS Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, TBD
NO OTHER LAND Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford – WINNER
WILL & HARPER Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum
ANIMATED FILM
FLOW Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
INSIDE OUT 2 Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek – WINNER
THE WILD ROBOT Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
FLOW Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
KENSUKE’S KINGDOM Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek – WINNER
THE WILD ROBOT Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
DIRECTOR
ANORA Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST Brady Corbet – WINNER
CONCLAVE Edward Berger
DUNE: PART TWO Denis Villeneuve
EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard
THE SUBSTANCE Coralie Fargeat
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ANORA Written by Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
KNEECAP Writer Rich Peppiatt, Story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
A REAL PAIN Written by Jesse Eisenberg – WINNER
THE SUBSTANCE Written by Coralie Fargeat
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
CONCLAVE Screenplay by Peter Straughan – WINNER
EMILIA PÉREZ Written by Jacques Audiard
NICKEL BOYS Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
SING SING Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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